Y Combinator

Waypoint Transit develops automated transportation planning solutions and generates technical reports for municipal agencies. Its technology combines AI-driven planning tools with data analytics and digital signage to streamline the creation of infrastructure studies, enabling local governments to produce planning documents efficiently. The approach addresses congestion, staffing shortages, and climate-related challenges through cost-effective transportation infrastructure planning.

XTraffic is a technology company specializing in embedded software solutions for traffic management. It focuses on enhancing traffic light systems, aiming to improve road safety and reduce traffic congestion. The company's core product is a sensor technology that enables autonomous control and coordination of traffic signals, transforming existing infrastructure into a self-optimizing network. This innovation helps commuters, including working professionals and daily travelers, save time and avoid traffic.

Ontra Mobility equips urban areas and transit agencies with a platform to enhance public transportation. Its offerings include first/last-mile shuttle services, multimodal trip planning, real-time navigation, aiming to improve accessibility, user experience, and overall ridership.

Shuttle Central is an online mobility and transportation platform designed to assist travel companies in enhancing their revenue streams by offering supplementary services, starting with airport transportation. The company provides an integrated solution that connects local transportation services, allowing travel businesses to offer airport shuttles and car rentals through a unified platform. This innovative approach enables travel companies to generate additional revenue, estimated at 15% per transaction, by facilitating a seamless experience for travelers seeking convenient transportation options. Shuttle Central's technology empowers both travel providers and their customers, streamlining the process of arranging local transport and improving overall travel efficiency.

Shuttle Central is an online mobility and transportation platform designed to assist travel companies in enhancing their revenue streams by offering supplementary services, starting with airport transportation. The company provides an integrated solution that connects local transportation services, allowing travel businesses to offer airport shuttles and car rentals through a unified platform. This innovative approach enables travel companies to generate additional revenue, estimated at 15% per transaction, by facilitating a seamless experience for travelers seeking convenient transportation options. Shuttle Central's technology empowers both travel providers and their customers, streamlining the process of arranging local transport and improving overall travel efficiency.

TransAstra is a company focused on advancing technologies that facilitate the exploration and utilization of space resources, such as water and valuable materials found on asteroids and the lunar poles. The company excels in identifying and locating asteroids and orbital debris, including fast-moving objects that are difficult to detect with current technologies. By developing methods to prospect, harvest, and utilize these resources, TransAstra aims to support the growth of existing space industries and foster the emergence of new sectors, including space tourism. Their innovative approach includes the extraction of space resources to create rocket propellants, which can be used for commercial satellites and other applications, significantly enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of space operations.

Zingbus is an intercity bus service brand in India that focuses on safe and reliable travel by operating well-equipped buses with safety essentials. The company connects cities across the country, offering routes based on destination and journey date, and provides on-time departures, live tracking, and travel kits that include clean blankets, water bottles, and hand sanitizers to enable a predictable, punctual, and hassle-free journey.

Pulse Active Stations Network develops connected IoT-based smart health kiosks, called Pulse Active Stations, deployed in public, high-footfall locations such as malls, hospitals, and transit hubs. Each kiosk generates an instant report drawn from sensors that measure body fat, blood pressure, pulse, bone strength, and other parameters to indicate risk for lifestyle diseases. The system provides assessments to help visitors understand their current level of physical fitness and potential health risks, enabling convenient, on-site health monitoring without clinical appointments.

Token Transit, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in mobile ticketing and payment solutions for public transportation agencies. Established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, Token Transit offers a user-friendly application that allows riders in the United States and Canada to purchase fares using their smartphones. The platform supports payments via credit, debit, and commuter benefits cards, as well as Cash App Pay for unbanked and underbanked users. Token Transit works with over 200 municipal and regional transportation agencies across North America, enhancing the commuting experience by enabling fare purchases directly within popular applications like Google Maps and Apple Maps. Through its software-as-a-service model, Token Transit aims to provide convenience and flexibility in public transit fare management.

MagicBus operates a bus booking platform that serves long-distance commuters by offering flexible vanpooling options. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company enables riders to pre-book seats and adjust routes in response to demand, making long-distance travel more convenient. The platform partners with transit providers to offer part-time or occasional rides, allowing users to reserve seats on available buses from anywhere and to select routes that fit their schedules.

Auro is building driverless shuttles for in-campus travel. The big idea behind it is to cut down the operating cost (because of high driver fee) by replacing manually driven golf carts and mini buses with driverless shuttles at places such as a university or company campus, large industrial sites, airports, Disneyland type theme parks, gated residential colonies etc. While all major automobile companies and Google are fighting for automating passenger cars and urban mobility, they are focusing on niche category of last mile public transportation.

Chariot Transit Inc. is a transportation company based in San Francisco, California, that offers crowd-sourced commuting services. Founded in 2014, Chariot operates a fleet of vehicles, providing both charter services for personal trips and corporate events. The company utilizes a unique approach by crowdsourcing future routes and pickup/drop-off locations based on the home and work addresses of its riders. This innovative model aims to create a self-sustainable mass-transit system that alleviates congestion while delivering a comfortable and personalized commuting experience. Chariot emphasizes affordability and flexibility, striving for universal access to better transportation. The company's services are accessible through mobile applications for iPhone and Android, as well as its mobile website. In addition to its original market in San Francisco, Chariot has expanded to several other cities, including Austin, Seattle, New York, Columbus, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, and even London. As of September 2016, Chariot operates as a subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility LLC.

Remix Technologies is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in public transit planning and street design. Its platform serves over 4,000 urban planners in more than 300 cities across three continents, providing a comprehensive tool for managing public transit and new mobility solutions. By integrating critical datasets from various sources, Remix enables users to visualize existing conditions and gain insights that inform decision-making. The platform allows planners at transit agencies and local governments to create and manage transit maps and routes, facilitating the exploration of innovative concepts while balancing the needs of transit, biking, walking, and vehicle traffic. This focus on data-driven planning aims to enhance transportation safety, accessibility, and equity in urban environments.

Real-time transit directions in San Francisco. Rover uses real-time public transit data to give you the best route, right now, to your destination. Always get the best route to your destination. Rover tracks all MUNI, BART, and Caltrain lines and gives you directions that make sense right now, so you don't have to wait or worry about missing a connection. Currently supporting SF MUNI, BART, and Caltrain in the SF Bay Area.

RideCell provides fleet automation and management software for ride sharing and car sharing. Its platform automates onboarding, driver-rider matching, scheduling, routing, payment processing, dynamic pricing, and demand-supply balancing, and includes analytics and configurable settings. The Demand-Response product automates requests and dispatch, while Fixed Route offers real time tracking, delay alerts, and proactive notifications for buses and shuttles via phone, text, web, or mobile apps. The platform supports end-to-end operation of mobility services, including rider onboarding, ID checks, referrals, promotions, and online management of fleets. RideCell serves public and private transportation, universities and campuses, and maintenance and delivery fleets, helping operators launch and scale mobility services efficiently. By integrating fleet IoT data with digital vehicle control, it turns manual processes into automated workflows and improves efficiency and monetization. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Europe and Asia.

Embark is a mobile application designed to make it easy to get around cities using mass transit. Among other features, the iOS and Android application tells users when trains and busses are coming and will send push notifications when services are delayed. With over half a million users and rapid growth, Embark's simple and powerful mobile application is designed to bring urban transportation into the age of the smartphone. Embark is available for twelve major transportation systems in the US and the UK and is expanding rapidly. Embark won best transit and mobility app awards from the New York MTA App Quest and NYC Big Apps 3.0 contests.